You have embraced Islam along with your past good deeds
Narrator in the source: Hakīm ibn Hizām
Hakīm ibn Hizām (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, before embracing Islam, I used to do good deeds, like giving in charity, manumitting slaves, and upholding kinship ties. Shall I be rewarded for those deeds?" The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "You have embraced Islam along with your past good deeds."- Grade in the source
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Original Arabic wording
عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ أَشْيَاءَ كُنْتُ أَتَحَنَّثُ بِهَا فِي الجَاهِلِيَّةِ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ عَتَاقَةٍ، وَصِلَةِ رَحِمٍ، فَهَلْ فِيهَا مِنْ أَجْرٍ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَسْلَمْتَ عَلَى مَا سَلَفَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ».Understand this hadith
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) points out that if a disbeliever embraces Islam, he gets rewarded for the good deeds he used to perform in Jāhiliyyah, before becoming Muslim, like charity, manumission of slaves, and upholding of kinship ties.
Lessons from the hadith
- The good deeds of a disbeliever will not be rewarded in the Hereafter if he dies as a disbeliever.
References (original Arabic)
صحيح البخاري (2/ 114) (1436)، صحيح مسلم (1/ 113) (123)، المفهم (1/332)، شرح النووي على مسلم (2/140)، عمدة القاري شرح صحيح البخاري (22/ 96)، فتح الباري لابن حجر (3/ 302)، البحر المحيط الثجاج (3/499).